Abstract

QUEZADA BERUMEN, Lucía del Carmen; GONZALEZ RAMIREZ, Mónica Teresa  and  MECOTT RIVERA, Gabriel Ángel. Resilience in Pediatric Burn Survivivors. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2014, vol.4, n.2, pp.1585-1594. ISSN 2007-4719.

Burn injuries are considered one of the most traumatic injuries a child or adolescent may experience and their consequences go beyond the physical problems, therefore the knowledge of positive adjustment after a burn is important. The aims of this study were to identify the levels of resilience in a group of pediatric burn survivors and to evaluate the differences by sex. This was a cross-sectional study in which 57 children and adolescents burn survivors, who attended to the Plastic Surgery Service of the UANL University Hospital, were evaluated. The results showed that children and adolescents of this study reported a high level of resilience, so it can be concluded that experiencing a traumatic or devastating event does not necessarily leads to negative consequences in psychological or behavioral functioning.

Keywords : Resilience; Positive adjustment; Burns; Children and adolescents; Pediatric Patients.